Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on June 03, 2014, 12:23:39 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were damn notes, and now it is time for you to post until the damn cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SULFUROUS!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Dino hasn't been around in quite some time.
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And one for Dino.
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Dino, of course, is onid spelled backwards.
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First after BK! It's very early!
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Morning all.
That is all.
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And now - Dino at the piano.
That is so funny! Yesterday, when I wanted to move PAGE 2 along, I almost typed "I miss Dino at the piano." But then I thought better of it; I would just wait patiently for him to appear of his own volition.
And now, here he is!! :)
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I always hoped that Dino would accompany my act. Here's my outfit for the opening number:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/dressofveggies_zpsad02c337.jpg)
Dignity. Always dignity.
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good morning to all
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going for test this A.M. and it is so darn hard NOT to go to the bathroom
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good morning sorry for my E & T ness I have been coughing like crazy and feeling a heaviness in my chest I ended up going for chest xrays yesterday hopefully the Dr will have the results today
I have been so tired I keep dozing off when I try to read or go online
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Cilla, my deepest condolences to all who loved Bob
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Get well vibes for TCB and Elmore
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Get a great new car at a great low price vibes for Jeanne
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Get a great job offer vibes for Elmore
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I have nothing to add because I basically went to work went to the xray and went to sleep
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I did PM Dan M and have not heard back I am concerned and hope it is only loss of internet
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I always hoped that Dino would accompany my act. Here's my outfit for the opening number:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/dressofveggies_zpsad02c337.jpg)
Dignity. Always dignity.
I don't know-- I'm just not seeing you with the spatula.
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Yes DR JohnG I did watch The Next Food Network Star on Sunday.
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Good morning, all! I slept late, but I am pondering my day. I've got physical therapy at noon, and that's about it.
I need to vacuum the kitchen; last night, around 10:00, I knocked over a glass of water that shattered and left me a wet kitchen floor and a lot of broken glass to sweep up. Because of my bathroom situation, I know where nothing is, and it took me around 30 minutes to find my dust pan. I need to vacuum for any stray pieces of glass I might have missed, since I'm afraid I'll end up with a piece in my foot. Hopefully, on the way to therapy I will see the super and try to pin him down on this ceiling mess.
And that's my day. More coffee.
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More coffee!
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Back from a medical appointment. Off in a few hours for a haircut.
I come. I go. It's like the Grand Hotel.
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That stinks, DR elmore3003.
~ ~ ~ FEEL BETTER VIBES ~ ~ ~ and ~ ~ ~ LICKETY-SPLIT BATHROOM CEILING VIBES ~ ~ ~ for you!!!!
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And, while I'm at it:
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~ ~ ~ MEDICAL TEST AND COMFORT VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR Mike!!!
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~ ~ ~ SUPER-STRENGTH VIBES OF COMFORT, HEALING, & WELLNESS ~ ~ ~ for DR Vixmom!!!!
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I'm just not seeing you with the spatula.
;D
I was wondering if the spatula was too over-the-top. :)
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Tuesday morning greetings! After my basement walk today, I'll be skipping 2 meetings to continue the great house rearranging project, to visit my mother, and to do several errands downtown.
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2!!!
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Good morning, all.
A nice late one.
Coffee!
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TOD:
The first album I ever bought with my own money was the Partridge Family's first album, which was self-titled. I remember it because I only had just enough money for the album, and not the tax, which was 15 cents. I was about seven years old. The exasperated sales clerk paid the tax for me. I could never thank her enough. I don't remember what my first book or stereo were. But I do remember the first album I ever bought without asking my mother's permission first was Queen's "Shear Heart Attack". I was about 13 years old. As you can see, my tastes changed quite a bit in those years between.
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TOD:
I'm 73 years old. How the hell do you expect me to remember something that happened over 60 years ago?
:P
However, I do recall having the soundtrack recording from CALAMITY JANE wit Doris Day and Howard Keel, so that might have been it.
I also had paperback copies of both DRACULA and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA; read them in bed at night with my scary closet door open.
Not sure if they were the first books, but they were probably among the first.
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From DR Jennifer:
No, maybe I should get one. The path at the lake is also for walkers. But this was just a bike path on the side of the street. If it had been a child walking on the sidewalk I would have put my hands around my brakes. But I did not think that an adult would jump in front of me without looking.
You are very naive to expect an adult to have more sense ;)
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From DR Jennifer:
I definitely would have joined in. But I wasn't sure if he was a close friend of yours and didn't want to upset you.
I met him on the West Los Angeles group and he is one of the few people I am sorry I accepted as a friend. He has his good points or I would drop or hide him but I don't want to hurt his feelings. Keith thinks I should hide him, I'll see.
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I always hoped that Dino would accompany my act. Here's my outfit for the opening number:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/dressofveggies_zpsad02c337.jpg)
Dignity. Always dignity.
No root veggies for me, please.
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I'm just not seeing you with the spatula.
;D
I was wondering if the spatula was too over-the-top. :)
Yes, it's the "spatula" that's over the top.
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What with BK signing his "half" of the 100 pieces of sheet music and Richard Sherman signing his "half" later, I'm wondering...
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HA! Tonight we are having newspaper photos taken....and then it's family night so that they can take pictures and oooo and ahhh over their family members and talk and walk around during the other parts of the show.
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First LP:
(http://wearerecorcords.com/photos/records/12inches/watermark/A00-63/IMG_8943-600.JPG)
(http://wearerecorcords.com/photos/records/12inches/watermark/A00-63/IMG_8944-600.JPG)
I bought it at the local grocery store for 49 cents.....money earned by baby sitting.
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Phonograph: I got a nice single disc player for my 12th Birthday that lasted a long time. But when I went to work at the local Ben Franklin Store, I save my $$ a bought one sort of like this. The player dropped down and the speakers were fixed on either side. Mine was black and red and came with a brass stand that held LP's beneath the record player. Spent about $49.
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/8/4/0/7/8/2/webimg/752019766_tp.jpg)
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First book that wasn't a comic book.....probably the movie tie in version of The Time Machine.
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TOD - my first stereo was similar to DR JRand's, but the speakers detached. I bought it around 1967 with babysitting money and it served me well throughout college and grad school. After I got on my feet in my first professional job, I bought a Sony outfit, also with detachable speakers that I'm still using with a new combo phonograph/CD/cassette/radio that Richard gave me several years ago for Christmas.
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TOD:
As much as I fondly recall certain early LPs and books, etc., I don't believe I can say which ones would have been the first that I specifically bought with my own money. I can bring to mind a few that I know I bought, but they are probably nowhere near having been the first ones.
I do, however, know the first piece of music I ever bought, though probably not with my own money. The big deal was that it was also the first time I took the bus by myself, all the way down Main St. from the Bexley area to the then-wonderful downtown Columbus, Ohio. I was nine or ten, had discovered Gershwin, and was thrilled with the Concerto in F (Eugene List/Howard Hanson recording on Mercury, still a favorite) which I longed to play around with at the piano. My mom called one of the big music stores (Summers & Son), who either ordered or had a copy of the piano solo arrangement, and off I went one afternoon. (Everyone made a big deal then of how this little kid came in all by himself for the Concerto in F.) A few years later I graduated to the "real thing", the two-piano score, and eventually the study-size orchestra score. Sadly, while I think I still have that original solo piano version, I somehow lost those latter two fire engine red beauties along the way. I'm thinking my parents probably paid for music I needed for piano lessons, but I remember when I discovered Broadway vocal scores and started ordering and paying for those myself.
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TOD, continued:
I had that type of record player, too, but it was given to me while in high school. Mine had the detachable speakers. Took it to college, where I was soon introduced to the GOOD STUFF by a dorm-mate who was certainly an early audiophile, and I bought (with money that was supposed to be used for other things!) my first turntable (a Dual 1009 -- I'd wanted the 1019 but couldn't spend that much)*, a secondhand Lafayette tube amplifier, and at first I used the speakers from the old record player. Later I bought my first good ones, a pair of AR-4x, then traded those in (you could do that at this stereo store in Cleveland) for a pair of KLHs.
*(Many years and a few turntables later, I satisfied that first craving when I found one, in beautiful condition, at a community tag sale. Still have it.)
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I think the first record I purchased with my own money was the 45rpm single of "Top of the World" by the Carpenters. The first LP album was probably their "The Singles" compilation.
Have no recollection on book or record player, though. :P
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TOD, Part the Third:
At some point I discovered the little 3-inch-reel portable tape recorders, and nothing would do but that I should have one of my own. My parents made me pay for that myself, and I finally scraped together the ten or twelve dollars for it. We went up to Jefferson's (which I recall was one of the nicer new-fangled mass merchandise stores in Fort Lauderdale), where I was shocked and dismayed when they told me these little slow-speed battery operated things couldn't really be used for recording music. I think I let it go then, but went ahead and bought one later. Finally, my parents took pity on me and, for my birthday, bought me a much nicer 5-inch-reel model that plugged in and ran at a decent speed. Nothing remains of these, but I think most of what I recorded was stuff off TV, one memorable thing being the Groucho Marx MIKADO which introduced me to Gilbert and Sullivan, which then lead me to the D'oyly Carte stereo albums on London Records, a couple of which might have been gifts but I bought others for myself.
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TOD:
For most of my childhood, the LPs and singles that I listened to belonged to my parents or were given to me as gifts. It wasn't until I was probably a senior in high school, or right after graduating, that I got around to buying my own records...and I think that this was my first...
(http://eil.com/images/main/Bonnie+Tyler+-+Faster+Than+The+Speed+Of+Light+-+Green+Vinyl+-+LP+RECORD-321269.jpg)
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I am certainly enjoying the TOD.
Detachable speakers seemed to be an annoyance to me....which I why I bought the drop-down fixed speaker model. I don't remember the brand, but it probably wasn't one that is well known.
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The first LP I bought after I purchased THAT machine was the soundtrack album from 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.
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And then - on sale - a copy of Patty Duke Sings Songs From Valley of the Dolls....it was WAY on sale....I think in the 2/$1 bin.
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In other news, I just turned down a piano/celeste gig for a community production of PETER PAN at the incredibly lovely 1933 Warner Theatre in Torrington, CT. I do enjoy doing those things and the theater is to die for, but I can't sacrifice a few weeks of summer for that.
When I asked which version, the MD said it's the original but that it had been cleaned up and updated (?) because MTI is taking it over as of August, and that this production will be one of the last rentals through Samuel French.
DR Elmore -- if I recall correctly, this was a McGlinn clean-up but not an especially great one?
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When I played it several years ago (as "synth string support", which, lemme tell you, is worse than being disguised as a second trombone) at that same theater, I made myself a photocopy of the old handwritten P/C score, and boy did that (and the parts) ever need a clean-up. Fun to have, though, with the notations Mary does this, Mary does that, etc.
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That guy that had the nerve to lecture me about eating the treats from Voodoo Doughnut, even if he is right, posted to his FB friends to go to a restaurant in Vegas and have the Bone in Rib Eye with the egg on top.
Keith & I are very tempted to hijack his post and rant about the fat content of such a meal and that he is recommending they eat a poor dead animal. ;D
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From DR Jennifer:
I definitely would have joined in. But I wasn't sure if he was a close friend of yours and didn't want to upset you.
I met him on the West Los Angeles group and he is one of the few people I am sorry I accepted as a friend. He has his good points or I would drop or hide him but I don't want to hurt his feelings. Keith thinks I should hide him, I'll see.
If you hide him will others still see his posts? I think it's sort of weird to hide his posts on your own page. If you hide his posts on his page that is fine. Maybe just private message him and ask if he could not post controversial things on your page since it upsets your friends.
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That guy that had the nerve to lecture me about eating the treats from Voodoo Doughnut, even if he is right, posted to his FB friends to go to a restaurant in Vegas and have the Bone in Rib Eye with the egg on top.
Keith & I are very tempted to hijack his post and rant about the fat content of such a meal and that he is recommending they eat a poor dead animal. ;D
Don't do it. :)
That is funny that he posted that though.
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I'm up, I'm up - since ten-thirty and still not enough sleep, because I didn't fall asleep until four.
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Have done some fixes to the packaging and that's going into the studio for approval right about now.
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A lovely review for the Kritzerland show from our own Rob Stevens, which you can find by clicking on Now Playing right here on our home page.
And another from Les Spindle, which you can find right here: http://www.edgeonthenet.com/entertainment//reviews//159168
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I'm going to grab a bite to eat right now and then finish signing the sheet music.
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Nice reviews.
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In other news, I just turned down a piano/celeste gig for a community production of PETER PAN at the incredibly lovely 1933 Warner Theatre in Torrington, CT. I do enjoy doing those things and the theater is to die for, but I can't sacrifice a few weeks of summer for that.
When I asked which version, the MD said it's the original but that it had been cleaned up and updated (?) because MTI is taking it over as of August, and that this production will be one of the last rentals through Samuel French.
DR Elmore -- if I recall correctly, this was a McGlinn clean-up but not an especially great one?
That is true. One of McGlinn's problems with his vanity and sense of superiority was that he never proofread anything. The additional problem is that he was a lousy proofreader who didn't know enough music theory and couldn't tell if the note should be an E or an F in the chord!
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And I am home from therapy, and I have a new pair of shoes, my first pair since 2011, I think.
I used to get a new pair for Christmas every year from my goddughter Charlotte's dad, but once he and his wife decided I wasn't worth knowing any longer, I haven't had new shoes in years.
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And now I am off to the G/D family night performance. I hope about half of the cast/crew has gotten an attitude adjustment since last night.
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TOD:
I received a hi-fi player for Christmas in 1960. A few 45s were part of the present including Andy Williams singing Hawaiian songs and Bing Crosby singing White Christmas and Adeste Fidelis in Latin. I absolutely cannot remember the first record I purchased to play on it, but it was likely something by Darlene Gillespie from "Sleeping Beauty" or, possibly, Elvis Presley's 45 rpm for "Follow that Dream". My grandfather gave me, for my birthday, LPs of "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and a compilation movie/broadway album entitled "'Exodus' and other Great Themes by Mantovani".
The first "for real" (in other words, "serious") LP I ever purchased was the film soundtrack to "To Kill A Mockingbird" on the ava label.
My first stereo phonograph player I bought when I was in the Navy in 1971.
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In other news, I just turned down a piano/celeste gig for a community production of PETER PAN at the incredibly lovely 1933 Warner Theatre in Torrington, CT. I do enjoy doing those things and the theater is to die for, but I can't sacrifice a few weeks of summer for that.
When I asked which version, the MD said it's the original but that it had been cleaned up and updated (?) because MTI is taking it over as of August, and that this production will be one of the last rentals through Samuel French.
DR Elmore -- if I recall correctly, this was a McGlinn clean-up but not an especially great one?
That is true. One of McGlinn's problems with his vanity and sense of superiority was that he never proofread anything. The additional problem is that he was a lousy proofreader who didn't know enough music theory and couldn't tell if the note should be an E or an F in the chord!
That is positively unbelievable, given all that he did.
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Good afternoon.
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From DR Jennifer:
I definitely would have joined in. But I wasn't sure if he was a close friend of yours and didn't want to upset you.
I met him on the West Los Angeles group and he is one of the few people I am sorry I accepted as a friend. He has his good points or I would drop or hide him but I don't want to hurt his feelings. Keith thinks I should hide him, I'll see.
If you hide him will others still see his posts? I think it's sort of weird to hide his posts on your own page. If you hide his posts on his page that is fine. Maybe just private message him and ask if he could not post controversial things on your page since it upsets your friends.
If I hide him he won't see what I post. I'm not sure what happens on my timeline if he puts something there. If I ever reduce some of my friends I will just reduce him. If I ever have a problem with him again I will say something but I don't expect it to happen.
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That guy that had the nerve to lecture me about eating the treats from Voodoo Doughnut, even if he is right, posted to his FB friends to go to a restaurant in Vegas and have the Bone in Rib Eye with the egg on top.
Keith & I are very tempted to hijack his post and rant about the fat content of such a meal and that he is recommending they eat a poor dead animal. ;D
Don't do it. :)
That is funny that he posted that though.
Keith & I had a good laugh over it.
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The photo in question for those who didn't see it....
The big one is a full-fat chocolate, peanut butter, banana-apple fritter with vanilla glaze. The "yellow stuff" is melted peanut butter-
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I ate the chocolate doughnut and some of the fritter, the edges that didn't have all the stuff on them. I put a couple of the chocolate chips on my chocolate doughnut which was good.
We save about half of the fritter and didn't finish it. Keith might have but our "protester" ruined the fun for him.
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And I am home from therapy, and I have a new pair of shoes, my first pair since 2011, I think.
I used to get a new pair for Christmas every year from my goddughter Charlotte's dad, but once he and his wife decided I wasn't worth knowing any longer, I haven't had new shoes in years.
Oh, it must have been sad to buy shoes. Hugs.
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Bk - is the next Kritzerland show on July 6? What time does it begin?
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I originally thought the yellow stuff on the donut was cheese whiz.
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Yes, the Kritzerland show is July 6 - dinner 5:30, show 7:00
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TOD: I think the first record I bought was the soundtrack from The Sound of Music.
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Had a patty melt and no fries or onion rings for lunch, then spent a wonderful hour with Richard Sherman while he signed sheet music. So, that will begin to ship tomorrow or Thursday, depending on the helper's schedule.
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Here is something that might cheer our Elmo up!
This past Saturday, I was chatting telephonically with former DR Matt Hough and we got on a discussion of Cole Porter and how he detested Mary Boland.
What's that, you say? Who is Mary Boland?
I had recently watched the Blu ray of "The Women" and then watched a DVD-R of "The Ruggles of Red Gap". Mary Boland was prominent -- and a unique presence -- in each film!
ANYway, Matt said Cole Porter would not have shared my enthusiasm and that led him to explaining to me that Boland had been cast to star in Porter's show "Jubilee" and it received rave reviews and huge boxoffice....but the boxoffice virtually died when Boland up and left the show for Hollywood.
That led me to look up details on "Jubilee" (a Wikipedia entry, I think) where I read/learned that the show had been virtually LOST for forty years (someone had the entire score and never returned it to the publisher) until someone decided to resurrect it.
And who, oh! who?, do you suppose they got to reconstruct the musical numbers?
Tell us, Elmo!
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I originally thought the yellow stuff on the donut was cheese whiz.
That would be truly disgusting-lol
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I was thinking of DR Matt Hough today. I always think of him when I am searching for the new shows to watch, especially when I haven't been reminded to check the shows out and miss them.
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Cilla, my deepest condolences to all who loved Bob
Thanks Vixmom. Visitation is Friday and a service on Saturday. Relatives coming in from around the country, so I'll likely be E and T this weekend
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In fact, I came to ask if anyone watched the first episode of "Crossbones". My brother liked it, except he said we should watch the 1st episode before the others. A bit late since we didn't record it ::)
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Cilla, my deepest condolences to all who loved Bob
Thanks Vixmom. Visitation is Friday and a service on Saturday. Relatives coming in from around the country, so I'll likely be E and T this weekend
Will the cats be ok for that long?
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From DR Jennifer:
I definitely would have joined in. But I wasn't sure if he was a close friend of yours and didn't want to upset you.
I met him on the West Los Angeles group and he is one of the few people I am sorry I accepted as a friend. He has his good points or I would drop or hide him but I don't want to hurt his feelings. Keith thinks I should hide him, I'll see.
He won't know if you hide him
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Yes DR JohnG I did watch The Next Food Network Star on Sunday.
How did Luca do?
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And I am home from therapy, and I have a new pair of shoes, my first pair since 2011, I think.
I used to get a new pair for Christmas every year from my goddughter Charlotte's dad, but once he and his wife decided I wasn't worth knowing any longer, I haven't had new shoes in years.
So tell me about your shoes? I got new ones over the weekend
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Here is something that might cheer our Elmo up!
This past Saturday, I was chatting telephonically with former DR Matt Hough and we got on a discussion of Cole Porter and how he detested Mary Boland.
What's that, you say? Who is Mary Boland?
I had recently watched the Blu ray of "The Women" and then watched a DVD-R of "The Ruggles of Red Gap". Mary Boland was prominent -- and a unique presence -- in each film!
ANYway, Matt said Cole Porter would not have shared my enthusiasm and that led him to explaining to me that Boland had been cast to star in Porter's show "Jubilee" and it received rave reviews and huge boxoffice....but the boxoffice virtually died when Boland up and left the show for Hollywood.
That led me to look up details on "Jubilee" (a Wikipedia entry, I think) where I read/learned that the show had been virtually LOST for forty years (someone had the entire score and never returned it to the publisher) until someone decided to resurrect it.
And who, oh! who?, do you suppose they got to reconstruct the musical numbers?
Tell us, Elmo!
Jubilee's my favorite and Elmore has done a fantastic job with it. I want it recorded. Now.
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Cilla, my deepest condolences to all who loved Bob
Thanks Vixmom. Visitation is Friday and a service on Saturday. Relatives coming in from around the country, so I'll likely be E and T this weekend
Will the cats be ok for that long?
It'll just be overnight, maybe 24 hours or a little more. I've done it twice before and it hasn't been a problem.
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Here is something that might cheer our Elmo up!
This past Saturday, I was chatting telephonically with former DR Matt Hough and we got on a discussion of Cole Porter and how he detested Mary Boland.
What's that, you say? Who is Mary Boland?
I had recently watched the Blu ray of "The Women" and then watched a DVD-R of "The Ruggles of Red Gap". Mary Boland was prominent -- and a unique presence -- in each film!
ANYway, Matt said Cole Porter would not have shared my enthusiasm and that led him to explaining to me that Boland had been cast to star in Porter's show "Jubilee" and it received rave reviews and huge boxoffice....but the boxoffice virtually died when Boland up and left the show for Hollywood.
That led me to look up details on "Jubilee" (a Wikipedia entry, I think) where I read/learned that the show had been virtually LOST for forty years (someone had the entire score and never returned it to the publisher) until someone decided to resurrect it.
And who, oh! who?, do you suppose they got to reconstruct the musical numbers?
Tell us, Elmo!
Mary Boland had a drinking problem, and she started missing performances of JUBILEE. She was replaced by Laura Hope Crews and the show folded after that. Porter blamed Boland for the show's failure, and when she published her biography, he refused to write a blurb for it. She was an MGM contract player, and MGM was a major investor in the show.
Reconstructing that show is one of the best things i've ever done, but i think it's a cursed show: it was a bust in 1935, and I will never see much money on it now. I've begged Encores! to do it, but they keep avoiding it. They're doing a Gershwin score next year that needs a reconstruction and orchestration, but they're certainly not ringing me up to do it. Pisses me off.
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TOD:
I think the first album I ever bought was the soundtrack of Mary Poppins, though that might have been a gift. Either way, it got played and played for years.
The first book I remember buying was Frank Capra's "The Name Above the Title." Wonderful read, though his ego is a bit outsized.
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Four!
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Off to grab a bite to eat and then a meeting at church.
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That guy that had the nerve to lecture me about eating the treats from Voodoo Doughnut, even if he is right, posted to his FB friends to go to a restaurant in Vegas and have the Bone in Rib Eye with the egg on top.
Keith & I are very tempted to hijack his post and rant about the fat content of such a meal and that he is recommending they eat a poor dead animal. ;D
LOL! You should, DR Jane! Or tell them to have some Voodoo Donuts for dessert!
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From DR Jennifer:
I definitely would have joined in. But I wasn't sure if he was a close friend of yours and didn't want to upset you.
I met him on the West Los Angeles group and he is one of the few people I am sorry I accepted as a friend. He has his good points or I would drop or hide him but I don't want to hurt his feelings. Keith thinks I should hide him, I'll see.
He won't know if you hide him
Right. I think he will notice I'm not around or commenting on his dog photos.
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Cilla, my deepest condolences to all who loved Bob
Thanks Vixmom. Visitation is Friday and a service on Saturday. Relatives coming in from around the country, so I'll likely be E and T this weekend
Will the cats be ok for that long?
It'll just be overnight, maybe 24 hours or a little more. I've done it twice before and it hasn't been a problem.
I thought this time you would be gone longer.
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That guy that had the nerve to lecture me about eating the treats from Voodoo Doughnut, even if he is right, posted to his FB friends to go to a restaurant in Vegas and have the Bone in Rib Eye with the egg on top.
Keith & I are very tempted to hijack his post and rant about the fat content of such a meal and that he is recommending they eat a poor dead animal. ;D
LOL! You should, DR Jane! Or tell them to have some Voodoo Donuts for dessert!
That's a good one :) ;D
A friend who lives in Eugene suggested we stop on the way home for more Voodoo Doughnuts ;D
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More TOD:
I have been trying all day to remember the first book I purchased with my own money and I think it was a book on old monster movies which I got back around 1974. I still have it, somewhere.
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My sister and brother-in-law flew down to Medford today to take a look at my brother Jeff's home that is being built in Rogue River. Since they are gone, I will take mom out to dinner tonight, presuming she still feels like going when I get there.
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Hmmm...well....I guess I can't think of anything else to post.
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Oh, I did learn that I need to calibrate my new Smart TV so that I can get the best picture quality. Evidently TVs are calibrated at the factory, but so as to look their best in-store, which will not look its best for home viewing. This is a relief, as I have not been terribly happy with the picture quality when I watch a dvd or an old movie. Either everything looks like it was filmed on video tape (like a soap opera), or there is ghosting when some one moves around, or it makes people appear to move faster than they are.
I do wish TVs (and other electronics) could be more plug-n-play. I supposed someday they will be....again. First world problems, huh!
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I went to the guy's page to see who our mutual friends are. I met him in the LA group yet we don't have a single mutual friend-guess they were smarter than I was. I found he apparently invited, as she accepted, my one Bernese Mountain Dog/rescue person who agreed with him.
Groan!!!!
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Bruce, I'm trying to figure out WHY, you of all people, would think cheese wiz instead of peanut butter on the fritter. Maybe the color is off on your computer ;)
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Looks like we lost two wonderful Golden Age actresses over the last couple of days :(
Oscar nominated actress (The Corn is Green) Joan Lorring passed away at age 88.
(http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/entertainment/2014/06/01/actress_joan_lorring_dies_at_88/joan_lorring.jpg.size.xxlarge.letterbox.jpg)
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And, someone who was never nominated for an Academy Award, but I am sure many here on HHW remember...Jane Adams who played the hunchback nurse in HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945) and the leading lady in numerous other B movies of the 1940s. She was 92.
(http://classicscreams.com/Celeb_Pages/Celeb_Pics/Adams_Jane_003_1945.jpg)
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The hunchback nurse!
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"Take love and kindness,
Love and kindness
Love and kindness
From the nurse
The good hunchback nurse."
--THE MOST HAPPY FELLA
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TOD
I can't remember. LP's were usually gifts as were books. Keith and I purchased my first stereo together, probably just before we were married.
I either checked books out from the school library or my parents had them in the house. I'm guessing I purchased my first book in high school. My first recollection of buying a book was David Copperfield in 1966. I only remember I had to get it but I can't remember where we stopped for me to buy it-someplace in Westwood (?)
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While I can't be certain, the first book I may have purchased with my own money was probably the paperback movie tie-in of The Great Imposter, or maybe even the movie tie-in of Ben-Hur. Then again, it may have been a Jack Douglas book.
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"Take love and kindness,
Love and kindness
Love and kindness
From the nurse
The good hunchback nurse."
--THE MOST HAPPY FELLA
Was that the musical version of Richard III?
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Library got a new (to me) Rene Clair movie, The Beauty of the Devil, based on Faust. Hope to watch it tonight.
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But first, I have to pack.
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I did not know that if you hide someone's posts on facebook then they do not see your posts. Um but won't they realize something is up when they see you never post again.
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DR Jane Lisa Gardner announced today that her new book will be called Crash & Burn and feature Tessa again.
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I do believe this was my very first stereophonic record player as discussed probably in Kritzerland. Got it from the Columbia Record Club. Amazing that you can find this stuff still and can even purchase it.
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going for test this A.M. and it is so darn hard NOT to go to the bathroom
Mike, for some reason I thought you wrote it was too darn Hot to go to the bathroom.
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Back from rehearsal and a busy day.
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Tomorrow I need to tend to dry cleaning and assorted laundry.
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Fascinating, it is not. But it is a post.
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More drilling of arcane languages is in order.
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I arrived here just before Thanksgiving, and everything was cold, stark, and white for 5 months.
Now, the old tree-lined streets are incredibly lush, verdant, and shady. It is almost a shock every time I step outside!
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FIVE, by the way. :D
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Really hoping we get approval this week, although the studio is very busy with current films about to be released. It's a major release for us and one of the great saves, right up there with A Place in the Sun, but an even more iconic and beloved movie, in fact, perhaps one of the five or ten most beloved movies of all time. Anyone know whereof I speak? :)
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It's highly probable that the first books I bought were movie tie-ins, too. As I think we've discussed here before, they were a major passion, and I'm extremely fond of the favorite ones I've kept over the years.
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Really hoping we get approval this week, although the studio is very busy with current films about to be released. It's a major release for us and one of the great saves, right up there with A Place in the Sun, but an even more iconic and beloved movie, in fact, perhaps one of the five or ten most beloved movies of all time. Anyone know whereof I speak? :)
No, damn it. :)
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We had Scholastic book fairs at school every year starting in first grade. I suspect my first purchase was probably Clifford the Big Red Dog
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Oh, it's not hard to guess - beloved classic, high on most people's best of all time list, and no actual soundtrack ever released before. I can only say that I just visited a Facebook page for the film and it has over 600,000 likes. I think if we got one percent of that I'd be very happy. Of course we'd be sold out six times over :)
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I am pretty sure this was my first stereo I bought it when I was in my first apartment when I was 20
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Oh, it's not hard to guess - beloved classic, high on most people's best of all time list, and no actual soundtrack ever released before. I can only say that I just visited a Facebook page for the film and it has over 600,000 likes. I think if we got one percent of that I'd be very happy. Of course we'd be sold out six times over :)
Obviously, it's not At Long Last Love.
Casablanca and Citizen Kane come to mind.
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But then again, some website said last week that The Empire Strikes Back was the greatest movie ever made, even better than the Godfather.
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I am not sure about my first album but I know for sure the first 45 I bought with my own money
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The flip side was "I should have known better"
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I wonder if I still have this... I have a bunch of old 45's in their cases in the basement somewhere....
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This was probably the first album I bought; if not the first, definitely in the top 5
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I might still have this in the basement as well
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Hope you are feeling better, Vixmom. Did you get the test results?
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(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzU4WDQ4MQ==/z/60MAAMXQuCdTjHv4/$_12.JPG)
$975 for this flopsical poster. Oy.
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(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzM1WDQ2Mg==/z/QegAAOxyBPZTjIAZ/$_12.JPG)
I love this one. It's only $375.
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I ate the chocolate doughnut and some of the fritter, the edges that didn't have all the stuff on them. I put a couple of the chocolate chips on my chocolate doughnut which was good.
We save about half of the fritter and didn't finish it. Keith might have but our "protester" ruined the fun for him.
How long did you spend in line at VooDoo?
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Hope you are feeling better, Vixmom. Did you get the test results?
no I called the dr's office 3 times and no return call I know he had the xrays and readings last night
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It is unusual for my doctor I wonder if he even knows I called in
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Well, here's a prayer you get some good news and some pain relief -- and soon.
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T.O.D.
I may have purchased some 45 before this, but the first LP I remember buying was ANYTHING GOES with Hal Linden and Eileen Rodgers.
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I arrived here just before Thanksgiving, and everything was cold, stark, and white for 5 months.
Now, the old tree-lined streets are incredibly lush, verdant, and shady. It is almost a shock every time I step outside!
I am sure they feel the same about you!
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I arrived here just before Thanksgiving, and everything was cold, stark, and white for 5 months.
Now, the old tree-lined streets are incredibly lush, verdant, and shady. It is almost a shock every time I step outside!
Well, at least the lush and verdant part.
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Hello, everyone.
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Continued vibes to Vixmom for feeling better and being strong and healthy.
Is the cough any better?
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Really hoping we get approval this week, although the studio is very busy with current films about to be released. It's a major release for us and one of the great saves, right up there with A Place in the Sun, but an even more iconic and beloved movie, in fact, perhaps one of the five or ten most beloved movies of all time. Anyone know whereof I speak? :)
PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE?
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T.O.D.
I may have purchased some 45 before this, but the first LP I remember buying was ANYTHING GOES with Hal Linden and Eileen Rodgers.
Love that disc.
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I arrived here just before Thanksgiving, and everything was cold, stark, and white for 5 months.
Now, the old tree-lined streets are incredibly lush, verdant, and shady. It is almost a shock every time I step outside!
It sounds really lovely. I'm glad you and the DH found such a nice neighborhood.
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I saw the osteopath today. He confirmed that my neck was considerably better than when he worked on it three weeks ago. That's the progress from the laser treatments. I've had less pain since I started them.
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He had told me before that his mother gets lots of laser treatments. Today I learned that she bought her own laser to use at home. I didn't ask if she's a medical professional, don't know if just anyone can buy one. I'd like to see all physical therapy departments have them. I've had much better results with it than with conventional PT.
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I am not sure about my first album but I know for sure the first 45 I bought with my own money
I have never in my life purchased a Beatles album or even a single. I am not bragging or complaining, just presenting a fact.
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That's about as exciting as Singdaw's laundry and dry cleaning. But that, my laser treatment, and stopping for groceries was my day. Oh, let's not forget the nap. The excitement never ends.
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I am not sure about my first album but I know for sure the first 45 I bought with my own money
I have never in my life purchased a Beatles album or even a single. I am not bragging or complaining, just presenting a fact.
Me, either.
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I cannot sleep.
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I used to purchase Mad Magazine in junior high school and one day I found this wonderful book by Jules Pheiffer called PASSIONELLA. That may have been my first book purchase.
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First albums were SOUTH PACIFIC and something by Miriam Makeba (PATA PATA?).
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thank you John G
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thank you Jeanne
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That's my news.
Good night, all.
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T.O.D.
I may have purchased some 45 before this, but the first LP I remember buying was ANYTHING GOES with Hal Linden and Eileen Rodgers.
Love that disc.
I believe I still have it.
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Continued health vibes to Vixmom!
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I am not sure about my first album but I know for sure the first 45 I bought with my own money
I have never in my life purchased a Beatles album or even a single. I am not bragging or complaining, just presenting a fact.
Me, either.
I paid 75 cents for a used Supremes album in which they sang some Beatles songs. I think it was called "A Little Bit of Liverpool."
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I used to purchase Mad Magazine in junior high school and one day I found this wonderful book by Jules Pheiffer called PASSIONELLA. That may have been my first book purchase.
Have you seen or heard the musical, which is part of "The Apple Tree"?
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Good night, all.
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I am not sure about my first album but I know for sure the first 45 I bought with my own money
I have never in my life purchased a Beatles album or even a single. I am not bragging or complaining, just presenting a fact.
Me, either.
I paid 75 cents for a used Supremes album in which they sang some Beatles songs. I think it was called "A Little Bit of Liverpool."
I have that CD. Of course, I have or had at one time or another every album ever released by The Supremes.
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good morning sorry for my E & T ness I have been coughing like crazy and feeling a heaviness in my chest I ended up going for chest xrays yesterday hopefully the Dr will have the results today
I have been so tired I keep dozing off when I try to read or go online
~~~Vibes for Good X-Ray Results!!~~~
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A lovely review for the Kritzerland show from our own Rob Stevens, which you can find by clicking on Now Playing right here on our home page.
And another from Les Spindle, which you can find right here: http://www.edgeonthenet.com/entertainment//reviews//159168 (http://www.edgeonthenet.com/entertainment//reviews//159168)
Those are great, BK!
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Had a patty melt and no fries or onion rings for lunch, then spent a wonderful hour with Richard Sherman while he signed sheet music. So, that will begin to ship tomorrow or Thursday, depending on the helper's schedule.
Can't wait!
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The very first 45 I can really remember buying (as opposed to getting free from my father's jukeboxes at his bars) was maybe Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson.
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The first LP I really remember buying with my own money may have been Magoo in Hi-Fi, but could also have been The Moldau because I'd heard it in music appreciation class and loved it.
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And I am home from therapy, and I have a new pair of shoes, my first pair since 2011, I think.
I used to get a new pair for Christmas every year from my goddughter Charlotte's dad, but once he and his wife decided I wasn't worth knowing any longer, I haven't had new shoes in years.
So tell me about your shoes? I got new ones over the weekend
What a coinkydink...I also got new shoes this weekend! Fred Meyer had coupons at the store, but they weren't otherwise on sale, so the coupon helped.
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Watched a movie and then a documentary called We Steal Secrets about Wikileaks. It was well done and certainly interesting, but Wikileaks itself published a take-down of the film's audio and refuted way too many things that were manipulated or downright lies by the filmmakers - all with links to documents that provide the truth.
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Really hoping we get approval this week, although the studio is very busy with current films about to be released. It's a major release for us and one of the great saves, right up there with A Place in the Sun, but an even more iconic and beloved movie, in fact, perhaps one of the five or ten most beloved movies of all time. Anyone know whereof I speak? :)
I have no clew.
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Well, name five beloved classics that you've watched more than once, from the Golden Age.
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We had Scholastic book fairs at school every year starting in first grade. I suspect my first purchase was probably Clifford the Big Red Dog
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3998.0;attach=6047;image)
I remember going to at least one of those when we lived in Germany, when I was in kindergarten and first grade. Whatever I may have gotten then was probably the first book(s) that I ever bought on my own. I don't remember going to any after we moved back to the states.
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One of the first books that I do remember buying on my own was "Splinter of the Mind's Eye," by Alan Dean Foster. It was, if I remember correctly, the first Star Wars book. I got it from the Science Fiction Book Club when I was in sixth grade and I remember bringing it to school, and friends asked if there were any pictures. I had to say no, but it didn't hit me then that of course there weren't any pictures...there hadn't been a movie made from the book! Also, it came out just after "Star Wars" and before "The Empire Strikes Back" (episode V), so it has nothing to do with any of the movies.
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The first (or at least, one of the earliest) record that I bought on my own was the soundtrack to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." It included the 7" 33-1/3 "Special Complimentary Single Not For Resale," as shown in this picture from Amazon:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SjyF-T1lL.jpg)
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And since we're so close...
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Seven!
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7
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My guess would be CITIZEN KANE, just because I am too tired to think of any others.
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Seven!
What Tom said.
;)
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Oh, it's not hard to guess - beloved classic, high on most people's best of all time list, and no actual soundtrack ever released before. I can only say that I just visited a Facebook page for the film and it has over 600,000 likes. I think if we got one percent of that I'd be very happy. Of course we'd be sold out six times over :)
I assume that once it's been announced, you'll post it on that specific Facebook page?
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T.O.D.
I may have purchased some 45 before this, but the first LP I remember buying was ANYTHING GOES with Hal Linden and Eileen Rodgers.
Love that disc.
I believe I still have it.
I have it, too. It's probably a reissue, and I didn't buy it when it was first released ;) but I have it...on vinyl, even.
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I'll announce when it's approved, of course. It's not Citizen Kane, which I feel is a beloved classic only at a remove. Our title is a beloved classic with no remove - it GETS to people as many times as they watch it, which is, for many, at least once a year.
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I used to purchase Mad Magazine in junior high school and one day I found this wonderful book by Jules Pheiffer called PASSIONELLA. That may have been my first book purchase.
Have you seen or heard the musical, which is part of "The Apple Tree"?
Sondheim was going to write a musical version of PASSIONELLA. His song, "Truly Content" was written for that abandoned version.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.
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Excellent guess!